My Dad Called Me a “Bag of Bones” at 12 and I Still See Myself That Way

Throwaway remarks leave the deepest impact

As I am today, at 27 [Image property of James Annesley]

I am really tall. Like, 6’3” tall. And like a lot of tall people, I got my height extremely quickly. The first ten years were spent well below my dad’s armpit, with no suggestion that I would soon grow into the long limbs bestowed unto me by my six-foot mother.